PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The lawyer who won a $25 billion settlement this week against Syria for attacks at the Rome and Vienna airports in 1985 is based in Maine.

Portland lawyer Ron Jenkins represented U.S. victims of the attacks that killed 19 and injured 107. He brought in lawyers to assist in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola concluded the attacks by the Abu Nidal Organization could not have taken place "without Syria's direct support." The money includes compensatory and punitive damages, as well as interest.

It will be difficult to collect, especially with a civil war raging in Syria, but Jenkins told the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/14voLFw ) that he aims to collect. He said he had already identified Syrian assets outside of the country.